Katherine Rae Diemert (k.d.rae) is a visual artist based out of Hamilton, Canada. She makes art that explores our relationship to the natural and digital worlds. You can reach her at kdiemert@gmail.com.
About Katherine
Katherine Rae Diemert (k.d.rae) is a visual artist based out of Hamilton, Canada. She makes art exploring our relationship to the natural world, how our messages change within the digital world, and more.
Currently, Katherine’s a board member at Factory Media Centre, an adjunct professor at Sheridan College’s BA Illustration program, and working on ongoing projects.
You can reach her at kdiemert@gmail.com.
Currently, Katherine’s a board member at Factory Media Centre, an adjunct professor at Sheridan College’s BA Illustration program, and working on ongoing projects.
You can reach her at kdiemert@gmail.com.
Artist Statement
I am an artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada making visual and interactive mixed media work inspired by natural forms and artificial processes. I studied Illustration at Sheridan College (BA, Honors, 2015), later working in the interactive digital media industry. Recently I completed an intensive eleven-week program at the School for Poetic Computation in New York, a hybrid residency/school/research program. While there I learned programming and physical computing with a focus on creative applications, while also examining technology from a socially and culturally critical perspective. I was artist in residence at the Factory Media Centre in Spring 2020.
In my creative practise, I often begin with drawing or collage, developing my work through a process of translation and iteration between mediums. I layer software, motion, assemblage, and installation to transform my work; a pen and ink drawing will become a pattern on a digital simulation of cloth. Virtual space opens up the possibility of movement. The picture plane becomes a screen, and the screen becomes a picture plane. With each new framing comes an added dimension.
Oscillating between digital and physical media leaves trace marks on the work in imperfections, warps, and glitches. I study these transformations to learn more about the unique qualities of the altered subject. My interest is in how the process of transformation makes room for modified meaning. I want to create alternate ways of seeing, and thus understanding, our world.
I am an artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada making visual and interactive mixed media work inspired by natural forms and artificial processes. I studied Illustration at Sheridan College (BA, Honors, 2015), later working in the interactive digital media industry. Recently I completed an intensive eleven-week program at the School for Poetic Computation in New York, a hybrid residency/school/research program. While there I learned programming and physical computing with a focus on creative applications, while also examining technology from a socially and culturally critical perspective. I was artist in residence at the Factory Media Centre in Spring 2020.
In my creative practise, I often begin with drawing or collage, developing my work through a process of translation and iteration between mediums. I layer software, motion, assemblage, and installation to transform my work; a pen and ink drawing will become a pattern on a digital simulation of cloth. Virtual space opens up the possibility of movement. The picture plane becomes a screen, and the screen becomes a picture plane. With each new framing comes an added dimension.
Oscillating between digital and physical media leaves trace marks on the work in imperfections, warps, and glitches. I study these transformations to learn more about the unique qualities of the altered subject. My interest is in how the process of transformation makes room for modified meaning. I want to create alternate ways of seeing, and thus understanding, our world.
RESIDENCIES
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
* (2022) Roundtable Residency
* (2020) &NOW at Factory Media Centre, Hamilton
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
* (2020) And Now, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton
* (2019) Florescence, Liberty Arts Gallery, Toronto
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* (2022) Journey with our Kin, Cambridge Art Galleries
* (2019) Fall 2019 Showcase, School for Poetic Computation, New York
* (2018) Magic Shop, Factory Media Arts, Hamilton
* (2017) Pen10, Group Show hosted by Pyramid Attack, Toronto
* (2015) Whirlygigs, You Me Gallery, Hamilton
* (2015) Colour War, Sheridan Illustration Graduating Class of 2015 Show, Toronto
* (2014) Dolce Dieci, Holcim Gallery, Oakville
AWARDS
* (2015) Shaw Media Silver Award of Excellence
* (2014) Shaw Media Award
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